Configuring my printer
 

Hi. I have an HP DeskJet 640C. It's detected by Linux since it appears under UHCI Controller (1) in kinfocenter when I turn it on. But still I can't print. How do I configure it in kprinter. Thanks.

Open Konqueror
launch the print job from any file (a text file is ok), then a window will open.
At the right side of "printer name" the second button will startt a Wizard.
Follow instructions..... it will be very easy.
I suggest you configure your printer by the web browser as indicated by CUPS instructions (localhost:631), as it allows you to configure the printer much more easely when you move to a different desktop environment

I've already tried that. But it says unable to access port 631. I think I do have cups installed since it is loaded at startup. Anything else?

If it can't access it then likely cups not running. Try cupsd as root in a terminal. Or is it start cupsd? Anyways, try it.

Just one problem that I ran into that you may already be aware of, but if you are going to use cups you can't have lpd installed. And I believe both are installed with a full slackware install.

Yup that's true. Thanks for the info.

you could try to install a new hpijs driver for your hp printer. i had the same problem and after installing&configuring hpijs it was solved:)

Question: What's an hpijs driver? Please elaborate.

You've probably solved it by now, and I'm not sure how Slackware is setup, but you can propably run printtool in the shell, it setups your printer.

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|| Just one problem that I ran into that you may already be aware of,
|| but if you are going to use cups you can't have lpd installed.


Can you explain this? I'm really new to Linux and this might eliminate some of my (massive) confusion. 8^)

I installed a printer (hp laserjet 1300 on Fedora Core 1) and it workes fine.

Does CUPS take the place of lpd?

What's the difference between lp and lpr? I used to use lp long ago on UNIX. They both seem to work fine on Fedora.

Thanks,
utah

Cups replaces lprng. Both work fine. You can have only one running. For starters, at a console or terminal do;
ls -l /usr/bin/lp*

You will see several links to either lp(rng) or lp(cups). Usually if you do a standard install they will point to lp(rng). To use cups, either deselect lprng during install or remove it and reinstall cups. Also, in /etc/rc.d you have rc.lprng or rc.cups. The one executable should match how the links are assigned in /usr/bin/lp*

Thanks for the explanation. This all helps.

utah

Just saw you have the RH distro. The examples I gave were from Slackware. Keep that in mind. One thing RH had was a printer switcher that you do from the menu somewhere. That changes what printer service you wish to use. You then need to setup some printer. Keep in mind what printer service you have running when you setup the printer.